Test 3 Flashcards by Grace Burke

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Exasperated

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Make a problem worse

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Evasive

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Tending to avoid commitment

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Undignified

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Appearing foolish

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Colossal

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Extremely large or great

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Carnage

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Killing of large number of people

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Indignation

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Anger it annoyance

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Atrocity

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Wicked or cruel

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Perpetrator

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Person who does a harmful illegal or immoral act

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Defiance

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Bold disobedience

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Forlorn

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Pitifully or sad

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Corroboration

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Evidence which confirms or supports a statement

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Scapegoat

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Person who is blamed for others wrongdoing

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Annihilate

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Destroy utterly

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Dingy

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Gloomy and drab

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Bemused

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Puzzled or confused

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Duress

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Threats and violence

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Chastened

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Rebuke or misfortune

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Rebuke

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Express sharp disapproval

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Contempt

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The felling that something is worthless

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Floundering

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Struggle or stagger clumsily

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Futile

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Incapable

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Aforementioned

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Doing a thing a person previously mentioned

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Subpoena

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A writ ordering someone to attend court

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Jargon

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Special words or expressions

Maliciously

With intent to harm someone

Imperceptibly

In a way that is so slight and gradual

Prominent

Important or famous

Strenuously

In a way that requires great physical exertion

Precedents

Something that comes before

Scathingly

In a way that criticises someone

Nonchalant

Feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed

Spontaneous

Performed or occurring as a result

Edgily

In a nervous or worried way

Keenest

Having or showing eagerness

Reprieve

Cancel or postpone

Pneumatic

Containing or operating by air pt gas under pressure

Revelled

Enjoy oneself in a lively noisy way

Dignitaries

A person considered to be important

Monotone

A counting sound

Desolate

Uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness

Trite

Lacking originality or freshness

Reverie

A daydream

Lethargic

Affected by lethargy and sluggish

Caress

To stroke or touch lightly in a loving way

Incessant

Continuing without a pause of interrupted

Scrutinised

Examine or inspect closely

Dudgeon

A felling of offence

Throng

Large densely packed crowd

Vehemently

In a forceful passion to intense manner

Enigmatic

Difficult to understand

Melodramatic

Exaggerated or emotional

Conspiratorially

To suggest something